1 Corinthians 7
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.
1De quibus autem scripsistis mihi: Bonum est homini mulierem non tangere:
2But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
2propter fornicationem autem unusquisque suam uxorem habeat, et unaquæque suum virum habeat.
3The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.
3Uxori vir debitum reddat: similiter autem et uxor viro.
4The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.
4Mulier sui corporis potestatem non habet, sed vir. Similiter autem et vir sui corporis potestatem non habet, sed mulier.
5Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.
5Nolite fraudare invicem, nisi forte ex consensu ad tempus, ut vacetis orationi: et iterum revertimini in idipsum, ne tentet vos Satanas propter incontinentiam vestram.
6I say this as a concession, not as a command.
6Hoc autem dico secundum indulgentiam, non secundum imperium.
7I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.
7Volo enim omnes vos esse sicut meipsum: sed unusquisque proprium donum habet ex Deo: alius quidem sic, alius vero sic.
8Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.
8Dico autem non nuptis, et viduis: bonum est illis si sic permaneant, sicut et ego.
9But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
9Quod si non se continent, nubant. Melius est enim nubere, quam uri.
10To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.
10Iis autem qui matrimonio juncti sunt, præcipio non ego, sed Dominus, uxorem a viro non discedere:
11But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.
11quod si discesserit, manere innuptam, aut viro suo reconciliari. Et vir uxorem non dimittat.
12To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.
12Nam ceteris ego dico, non Dominus. Si quis frater uxorem habet infidelem, et hæc consentit habitare cum illo, non dimittat illam.
13And if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.
13Et si qua mulier fidelis habet virum infidelem, et hic consentit habitare cum illa, non dimittat virum:
14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
14sanctificatus est enim vir infidelis per mulierem fidelem, et sanctificata est mulier infidelis per virum fidelem: alioquin filii vestri immundi essent, nunc autem sancti sunt.
15But if the unbeliever leaves, let him go. The believing brother or sister is not bound in such cases. God has called you to live in peace.
15Quod si infidelis discedit, discedat: non enim servituti subjectus est frater, aut soror in hujusmodi: in pace autem vocavit nos Deus.
16How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
16Unde enim scis mulier, si virum salvum facies? aut unde scis vir, si mulierem salvam facies?
17Regardless, each one should lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is what I prescribe in all the churches.
17Nisi unicuique sicut divisit Dominus, unumquemque sicut vocavit Deus, ita ambulet, et sicut in omnibus ecclesiis doceo.
18Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man still uncircumcised when called? He should not be circumcised.
18Circumcisus aliquis vocatus est? non adducat præputium. In præputio aliquis vocatus est? non circumcidatur.
19Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.
19Circumcisio nihil est, et præputium nihil est: sed observatio mandatorum Dei.
20Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.
20Unusquisque in qua vocatione vocatus est, in ea permaneat.
21Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you—but if you can gain your freedom, take the opportunity.
21Servus vocatus es? non sit tibi curæ: sed et si potes fieri liber, magis utere.
22For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.
22Qui enim in Domino vocatus est servus, libertus est Domini: similiter qui liber vocatus est, servus est Christi.
23You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.
23Pretio empti estis: nolite fieri servi hominum.
24Brothers, each one should remain in the situation he was in when God called him.
24Unusquisque in quo vocatus est, fratres, in hoc permaneat apud Deum.
25Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
25De virginibus autem præceptum Domini non habeo: consilium autem do, tamquam misericordiam consecutus a Domino, ut sim fidelis.
26Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is.
26Existimo ergo hoc bonum esse propter instantem necessitatem, quoniam bonum est homini sic esse.
27Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.
27Alligatus es uxori? noli quærere solutionem. Solutus es ab uxore? noli quærere uxorem.
28But if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
28Si autem acceperis uxorem, non peccasti. Et si nupserit virgo, non peccavit: tribulationem tamen carnis habebunt hujusmodi. Ego autem vobis parco.
29What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;
29Hoc itaque dico, fratres: tempus breve est: reliquum est, ut et qui habent uxores, tamquam non habentes sint:
30those who weep, as if they did not; those who are joyful, as if they were not; those who make a purchase, as if they had nothing;
30et qui flent, tamquam non flentes: et qui gaudent, tamquam non gaudentes: et qui emunt, tamquam non possidentes:
31and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.
31et qui utuntur hoc mundo, tamquam non utantur: præterit enim figura hujus mundi.
32I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord.
32Volo autem vos sine sollicitudine esse. Qui sine uxore est, sollicitus est quæ Domini sunt, quomodo placeat Deo.
33But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife,
33Qui autem cum uxore est, sollicitus est quæ sunt mundi, quomodo placeat uxori, et divisus est.
34and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.
34Et mulier innupta, et virgo, cogitat quæ Domini sunt, ut sit sancta corpore, et spiritu. Quæ autem nupta est, cogitat quæ sunt mundi, quomodo placeat viro.
35I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but in order to promote proper decorum and undivided devotion to the Lord.
35Porro hoc ad utilitatem vestram dico: non ut laqueum vobis injiciam, sed ad id, quod honestum est, et quod facultatem præbeat sine impedimento Dominum obsecrandi.
36However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.
36Si quis autem turpem se videri existimat super virgine sua, quod sit superadulta, et ita oportet fieri: quod vult faciat: non peccat, si nubat.
37But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well.
37Nam qui statuit in corde suo firmus, non habens necessitatem, potestatem autem habens suæ voluntatis, et hoc judicavit in corde suo, servare virginem suam, bene facit.
38So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better.
38Igitur et qui matrimonio jungit virginem suam, bene facit: et qui non jungit, melius facit.
39A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.
39Mulier alligata est legi quanto tempore vir ejus vivit, quod si dormierit vir ejus, liberata est: cui vult nubat, tantum in Domino.
40In my judgment, however, she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.
40Beatior autem erit si sic permanserit secundum meum consilium: puto autem quod et ego Spiritum Dei habeam.
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